Greenpoint’s Fulgurances Laundromat (132 Franklin St.), known for its decadent tasting menus and a rotating repertoire of chefs from all over the world, welcomed its newest resident, Chef Rasika Venkatesa, on November 19.
For this week’s addition to the Community Cookbook, Rasika Venkatesa has shared her recipe for Bisi Bele Bath, a South Indian dish with rice, lentils and vegetables that originates in the Indian state of Karnataka, and is very popular in Tamil households,…
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Looks good but with buying 25 ingredients and 20 steps, as a super senior I will either go broke or be in a nursing home or both.
If this is your thing go for it.
Would be helpful to have versions of these dishes with more common ingredients. I doubt asafoetida, jaggery and pigeon pea are commonly stocked in Greenpointers’ kitchens and I’m not sure where one would go to even learn what these are!